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Today-Music-History-Mar20

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Remembering Janis Joplin's Only #1 Hit 'Me and Bobby McGee' 55 Years Later

Written by Kris Kristofferson, "Me and Bobby McGee" wasn't just Joplin's only #1 hit. On March 20, 1971, it became the second posthumous single ever to make it all the way to the top of the charts.
American Songwriter

On the Charts 55 Years Ago, Janis Joplin Started a Two-Week Run at No. 1 With Someone Else’s Song

Janis Joplin took Kris Kristofferson's "Me And Bobby McGee" and turned it into a huge chart-topping hit; and even he said it ...
LouderSound on MSN

Meet Ten Years After's Leo Lyons, the rock'n'roll Forrest Gump

"It was like something from Mad Max, with all the fires and steaming bodies" ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Now Hear This – “Everyone Loves Joplin”

Scott Joplin was the king of ragtime, a new kind music for the turn of the 20th century.